by B.L. Unkel | Apr 3, 2021 | History
With spring flowers popping up everywhere, and the use of honey in several recipes I’ve recently tried, I found myself thinking about honeybees. Did you know honeybees are not native to North America? I didn’t. European settlers brought them here in the 1620s. Prior...
by B.L. Unkel | Feb 27, 2021 | History
Since I’ve talked about the history of some words (“Did You Know When a Deer Was More Than a Deer?”), I decided to share a few phrases we’ve all heard but whose origination you may not know. Several years ago, I visited a number of historic inns and taverns in...
by B.L. Unkel | Feb 20, 2021 | History
As an author, I work with words. But until I moved to Tennessee, I never thought about the history of words. I simply accepted their definition at face value. Morning Meal The way some words developed is easy to understand if you think about it. For example, take the...
by B.L. Unkel | Jan 30, 2021 | History
According to www.dictionary.com, Pronunciation “is the act or result of producing the sounds of speech, including articulation, stress, and intonation, often with reference to some standard of correctness or acceptability.” But who decides what is correct? In one...
by B.L. Unkel | Jan 23, 2021 | History
How many of you are familiar with the use of essential oils? It’s become big business in the past decade or so. Most oils are named after the plant from which they are distilled. However, in some cases, where a number of base oils are used to create a blend, another...
by B.L. Unkel | Nov 21, 2020 | History
Although it’s only a myth, you’ve heard the story of how George Washington chopped down the cherry tree, right? Well, according to one of my nieces—who, admittedly, was very young at the time—ol’ George was not the culprit. I don’t recall the reason why we questioned...
